Liquid gauge



Jil 2,4, 192s. 1,678,513

J. B. HOWER ET AL LIQUID GAUGE Filed March a, 1923 INVENTORJ ATTORNEYS so that the rising of the float turns the strip 27 and with it the indicating hand 26 and the latter is swept across the dial plate 9 and indicates the level of liquid in the tank.

Other modes of applying the principle of the invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made asregards the mechanism herein disclosed, pro vided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed. l

lVe therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as our invention I 1. In a liquid level gauge, the combinatlon or a tubular head provided with an inwardly directed flange, said head being adapted to be mounted in an opening in the Wall of a liquid reservoir, a dial plate loosely mounted spacing ring, annular member, and disc in tight relation.

2, In a liquid level gauge, the combination of a tubular head provided with an inwardly directed flange, said head being adapted to be mounted in an openingin the Wall of a liquid reservoir, a dial plate loosely mounted on said flange, a tubular spacing ring on said dial plate, said ring being spaced from the inner wall of said head, an annular member mounted on said ring, said member having an inwardly directed flange, a transparent disc mounted on said flange, means engaging said dial and said head, said means including a flanged plate resting upon the'upper edge of said head and bearing upon said disc,

and means disposed between said spacing ring-and said head, said means being adapted to fasten said flanged plate in place, locking said disc, spacing ring, annular member and dial against relative movement.

JOHN, B. HOWER.

JOSEPH v. ZELLER.

Signed by us this 19th day of February, 

